Search results for query: yahya

...the Supreme Court (SC) led by Chief Justice of Pakistan Qazi Faez Isa. The verdict was passed with six judges in favour and one judge, Justice Yahya Afridi, dissenting. The verdict will immediately benefit deposed prime minister Nawaz Sharif, who will contest next month's elections and...

...locate an Indian armored division due to its preoccupation with political affairs. After the war Ayub khan set up a committee headed by general Yahya khan to examine the working of the agencies.[4] The ISI under Yahya was also not capable and Yahya was also expressed disappointment within the...

...Wrote his Book. Friends Not Masters and was considered as the Defacto Vice President of Pakistan during Ayub Years. Gauhar was against the Yahya Khan Takeover in 1969 and was twice imprisoned by Zulfiqar Bhutto. His notes and works are essential for any research to be done regarding the times...

...and bring down powerful governments that could trigger the process for constitutional reforms. The resurrection of religious parties under Yahya Khan as an attempt to break the power of both Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto and Mujibur Rehman is a prime example. In fact, Bhutto repeatedly struggled with...

...Sikh Jathas (armed lawless gangs) who attacked the train carrying them to Pakistan.’64 Indian General Menezes quotes then Major Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan at the ‘break up’ party at the Staff College in Quetta as saying to Colonel S.D. Varma, the chief instructor: ‘Sir! What are we celebrating...

...to "save the nation". It was in his era that the wealth was truly accumulated amongst a few families. Ayub had no ideological goal or vision. Yahya khan realized that the political situation of the country demanded a better framework but he also wanted security for his power. He repeatedly...

...comes up. Most recently 1971 came up when PDM spoke of tendering resignations and government said that they would hold by-election and it was again said thats exactly what yahya did in 1971. So i have no idea where you guys get your information from. Seriously visit Pakistan and talk to...

...final resting place. Situated in the heart of the city, Quaid’s mausoleum is a prominent and grand landmark of Karachi, designed by architect Yahya Merchant and completed in 1970. The tomb is built with white marbles, and copper grills on the sides complete its grandeur look. It occupies an...

...promoted for doing well in war ! Amjad was assisted by another extremely able artillery officer Aleem Afridi who was later famous in removing Yahya by threatening him with a march of 6 Armoured Division to Rawalpindi immediately after the surrender at Dacca and later in the Attock Conspiracy...

...success of Grand Slam. It appears that change of command had more to do with Ayub’s lack of military insight than with superpower interference! Yahya as later events proved was his hot favourite and was being groomed to take over as the next chief as Musa’s book “From Jawan to General”...

...a fighting force by the night of 1st September 1965. Smaller Controversies in conduct of operations. Some participants were of the view that Yahya assessed that the Indian 41 Brigade position required a deliberate and planned attack and this delayed the attack on 41 Brigade position at...

...of four to six hours breakdown of command and control and 24 to 36 hours change of command between Akhtar Malik’s continuing as commander or Yahya’s take over as the commander. The only serious point that can be brought against Akhtar Malik is delay in resuming operations on 2nd September...

...General Musa arrived in the area of operations in a helicopter and ordered change of command of Grand Slam, replacing General Akhtar by General Yahya the GOC of 7 Division which was also in the same area of operations since 28th August 1965. This happened around 1130 hours on the morning of...

...and amendments within the framework to their hearts desire. In 1958, General Ayub simply abrogated the 1956 Constitution and in 1970, General Yahya did the same with the 1962 Constitution. General Zia, mangled the Constitution of 1973 and made it its own plaything however General Musharraf...

...the four Arab-Israeli wars with this attitude! The military action in 1971 was widely hailed in West Pakistan! Yet in December 1971 only Yahya was blamed! Yahya was not the architect of the problems that destroyed the united Pakistan of 1971! He paid for the sins of all that ruled Pakistan...

...superpower which, unlike the Naive half hearted, American Village maiden, was resolutely poised to go with India through thick and thin! Yahya made unique and brilliant moves to bring the USA and China together and vainly hoped that the Americans would help him! Unfortunately the US betrayed...

...strategic reserves had the potential to deter any Indian aggressive military move. It was on its way to becoming a really national army since Yahya’s announcement of 1969 to allow recruitment of Bengalis in the fighting arms. Organisationally the command was coherently and logically...

...was true for the Pakistani nation, or the predominantly West Pakistani elite! Sultan Khan who served as Pakistan’s Foreign Secretary with Yahya during the fateful year of 1971 noted at many places in his memoirs that most Pakistani generals thought that the Pakistani soldier was more...

...operational dilemmas faced by the Pakistan Army can only be understood in terms of the complicated political situation in the period 1969-1971. Yahya Khan attempted to solve two highly complicated political problems that he had inherited from his predecessor and who were also the father and...

...to their efficiency and welfare. Some officers were placed in positions that they did not deserve or had no training for" 1. The advent of Yahya Khan and Yahya’s Personality Immediately after the 1965 war Major General Yahya Khan who had commanded the 7 Division in the Grand Slam Operation...